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For those trying to decide between 24gb or 48gb RAM for the M4 Pro

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I know everyone's use case is different but just wanted to share my experience coming from an Intel Mac, and thinking it might help someone on the fence with their decision.

I ordered the 14" 48gb m4 pro but returned it because it felt like it was way overkill for my needs. I replaced it with the stock 14" 14 core, 24gb RAM option and did the biggest stress test possible (according to my usage) with 20+ tabs open; Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV, and Youtube Tv videos playing in the background; exporting 2 different videos on Capcut and Da Vinci Resolve simultaneously, and having my favorite PC game, Football Manager running in the background all at the same time. This finally got my memory pressure to yellow with 21gb out of the 24gb being used and about 350mb of swap being used. My regular day to day use case is nowhere near this and the memory pressure is always on green, with no swap being used. All this and the fans didn't come on once. Coming from an Intel Mac; Apple Silicon is honestly ridiculous!

Hope this helps anyone that's on the fence who has a similar use case to me